Posted on 10/08/2006 6:19:14 AM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4
I remember preparing to face hordes of T-72's in M-60A1's with 105mm guns that couldn't penetrate the T-72's front slope. We practiced retrograde from one terrain feature to the one behind it until we reached the DIP position.
DIP stood for Die In Place.
Sounds like the T-72 is the B-52 of the tank world. Just keeps on keeping on, mostly because it is used against in situations where capable resistance is unlikely.
That sentance could be more confusing. ;)
Our M1 Abrams Tanks own these things.
The newly designed A-10C “Warthog” made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base Jan. 20.
Russian motto: Make it work, make it cheap, make a lot.
Wasn't there an announcement a few years ago that the A-10 was being phased out? At the time I thought that was an incredibly stupid decision by the AF. What happened?
And then draft many, many bodies to run them all...
And of course you can do that when you don't care how many of yours die as long as you kill enough of theirs.
Better is the enemy of good enough.-admiral of the Soviet Fleet Sergei Gorshkov.
The Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau has developed a T-72 tank main armament upgrade package which envisages use of a 120mm gun and NATO-standard ammunition.
It is possible to fit the T-72 tank with a 120-140mm main guns; in so doing, the scope of required re-designing is rather small, as these guns have the overall dimensions similar to those of the guns 2A46, 2A46M and KBA3. The breech-part of the offered 120mm KBM2 gun with a quick-replacement barrel has a high degree of commonality with the breech-part of the original gun of the T-72 tank.
In order to be able to use 120mm NATO-standard fixed ammunition, the automatic loader of the gun is installed in an isolated self-contained compartment in the turret bustle. The level of armour protection of the automatic loader compartment is analogous to that of the Leopard and Abrams tanks.
The total allowance of ammunition of the tank includes 40 rounds, of which 22 are positioned in the automatic loader
BTTT
The BUFF would have held it's own even in "Global Thermonuclear War", the mission for which it was designed. I always thought about the only thing it really lacked was a long range air to air missile, for self defense of course. :) It could defend itself against many threats though. It would either jam their fire control, forcing any aircraft that still managed an intercept into it's own gun range, or just preemptively give ground based defenses a Hound Dog or a SRAM up their ... well you know.
9-11, and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The grunts love 'em, the bad guys hate 'em. Upgrading them is cheaper than buying something new, which isn't available right now anyway.
I recall that Russian tankers couldn't be more than 5' 6'' because of the cramped conditions in the T-whatever. Know if that's true of the T-72 and later models?
The A-10 is undergoing an upgrade to the 'C' model now: New A-10C ensures Warthog's long life
Thanks for the post. In 1983-5 my unit 3-12 Cav had M-60A3 Rise/Passive's and the M-1s were being fielded to the border Cav (2nd & 11th ACRs) first. In the mid-70s I was in an M-60A2 awaiting the hordes of Soviet T-62s and East German T-55s. and the T-64 was just being fielded.
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